1957–58 Ranji Trophy

The 1957–58 Ranji Trophy was the 24th season of the Ranji Trophy. Baroda won the title defeating Services in the final. Vidarbha made their debut in the competition.[3]

1957–58 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsBaroda (4th title)
Participants22
Most runsPolly Umrigar (Bombay) (594)[1]
Most wicketsGhulam Ahmed (Hyderabad) and V.V. Kumar (Madras) (28)[2]

Highlights

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  • The Zonal matches were played in a round-robin format, for the first time in Ranji Trophy history.
  • Bombay conceded its last match in the West Zone match against Baroda when it became certain that Baroda would qualify from the West Zone.[4] It would be twenty years, 124 matches and 18 Ranji titles before Bombay lost another match outright, against Gujarat in 1977–78.[5]
  • Prakash Bhandari hit 227 and took 4/34 and 5/47 for Delhi against Patiala[6]

Group stage

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Points System

  • Win : 8 points
  • Draw (with First Innings Lead) : 5 points
  • Draw (without First Innings Lead) : 3 points
  • Lost : 0 points
  • Bonus : 1 point

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
7 Feb 1958 – Udaipur
 
 
Rajasthan256 & 127/2
 
 
Baroda424
 
 
13 Mar 1958 – Baroda
 
 
Baroda495
 
 
Services239 & 205
 
 
28 Feb 1958 – Delhi
 
 
Services370/2
 
21 Feb 1958 – Hyderabad
 
Bengal360
 
Hyderabad122 & 188
 
 
Bengal310 & 4/0
 

Final

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13–16 March 1958
Scorecard
Baroda (H)
v
495 (171.4 overs)
Vijay Hazare 203
C. B. Ramesh 3/58 (25 overs)
239 (113.1 overs)
Mohinder Singh 73
Jyotirvadan Vin 4/32 (21.1 overs)
205 f/o (85.1 overs)
Mahipetsinhji 57
Vijay Hazare 3/17 (11 overs)
Baroda won by an innings and 51 runs
Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda
Umpires: Noshirvan Nagarwala and M. G. Vijayasarathi
  • Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Vijay Hazare (Baroda) passed 6,000 runs in first-class matches.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1957/58 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1957/58 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Vidarbha's maiden Ranji title in 61 seasons". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ Baroda v Bombay, Solapur, 1957/58
  5. ^ Gujarat v Bombay, Bulsar, 1977/78
  6. ^ Delhi v Patiala, Patiala, 1957/58
  7. ^ "Baroda v Services, Ranji Trophy 1957/58 (Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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